Shoe-holder.



No;.'890,131. PATENTED" JUNE 9 0 A FISCHER SHOE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19. 1907.

Z BHEETS SHE ET 1.

PATENTED JUNE 9 C. A. FISCHER.

SHOE HOLDER.

APPLIOATIONY TILED JULY 19. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. To allwhom it may concern:

estate sm rns arana or-men.

CHRISTI-AN A. FISCHER, oFoRArin FORKS; oR'r DAKoTA.

1 SHOE-HOLDER. Q p

Be it known that I, CHRISTIANA; FISCHER,

-a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand-Forks and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new' and useful Im rovements in Shoe-Holders,- of which the following is. a.

V specification.

The'present invention is in the nature. of.

an improved device for receiving shoes or similar articles of foot wear and holding the same ina convenient position for being blackened or undergoing similar operations. The invention contemplates a device of this character embodying a pneumatic sack designed to be inflated after being inserted within the shoe so as to distend the shoe and mounted so as hold it in the'position assumed when upon the foot of the wearer.

The invention further has for its object to provide .a foot-piece carrying a clamp for engaging the sole of the shoe and peculiarly to'be readily swung into an inoperative position.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference.

is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe holder embodying theinven'tion. a longitudinal sectional view through the Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. view on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 1s a detail view of the locking bolt carried by the split ring'..

. Corresponding and likeparts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters' j Specifically descr bing-the invention the within the split ring 4 and is provided toward I Specification of Letters'ZP atent. App1ication filed m 19,1907. -Se1'ial no. 384589, f

- its upper end with an annular shoulder 9 the upper'portion of the 1 1n properly sup- Fig. 2 is 4 is a similar Patented June 9, 1908,.

designed to engage split ring and aid the same porting the sleeve. The lower end 'of the sleeve 8 may be bent laterally and has a pneumatic sack 10 applied thereto, the said pneumatic sack. having the general form of a foot and beingdesigned to be inflated after being inserted within the. shoe. The two arms of the split ring 4 are shown as connected to the sleeve 8' by screws'll and are provided with outstanding ears engaged by a clamping bolt 12 by means of which the said split ring is designed to be contracted and rigidly clamped about the sleeve The upper threaded as indicated at 13 and receives a perforated cap 14 through which the'barrel of an air pump 15 extends, the said barrel being provided with an exterior annular rib 16 designed to be received within a corres ondingrecess formed at the upper end'of the s eeve 8. A Washer 17 of rubber or similar material is interposed between the rib 16 and the end of the sleeve 8 and enables an air tight connection to be readily brought-about between the pump and the sleeve. The lower endof the air pump 15 carries a tube 18 designed'to extend within the pneumatic sack 10 and carrying a, valve 19 operating to prevent the air from passing back into the It will thus be apparent that after the shoe has been placed upon the foot form CODStl-r tuted by the sleeve 8, pneumatic sack 10 and I end of the sleeve 8 is contracted and associated members, the said air sack can be i'nflated through the medium of the air pump 15 and the shoe distended and held in the position assumed when upon the foot of the wearer. After the shoe has been blackened or the desired operation performed thereon air is permitted to escape from the foot form by means ofa manually operated valve 20 mounted upon the upper .portion of the and has the end't-liereof inclined outwardly so as to engage the stem 21 and force the same inwardly when the slide is moved to the limit of its movement in one direction. When the stem 21 is thus pressed inwardly the valye20 is unseatedand the air within the pneumatic sack permitted to escape. The said sack then collapses-and the shoe'or .o.ther article of foot wear can be removed from position upon the, foot form. In order to prevent the air pump from rotating within the sleeve 8' the exterior rib 16 upon the barrel'of the same isprovided with a pin 'orprojection designed to engage a corresponding notch in the upper end of the sleeve 8.

within the slots 27 and designed to engage any selected pair of the depressions 31 in the lower sides of the slots. ,When the footpiece 29 is moved outwardly until the projections 30 engage the outer ends of the slots 27 the extremity of the said foot-piece is de signed to clear the connecting pin 28 between the flanges 26 and-thereby permit the footpiece to swing downwardly into an inopera- 'tive position. It will also beobs'erved that the slots 27 are in communication with passages 32 leading to the outer edges of the flanges 26 and permitting the foot-piece 29 to be entirely detached from a base plate when desired- This foot-piece 29 carries a clamp for engaging the soles of the shoe and in the present instance the clamp is identical in construction with those commonly found 1 upon ice skates, the said clampbeing adjustle through the medium of a threaded bolt 33 and being operated by .a finger-lever 34. After the shoe has been placed in position upon the foot form and the pneumatic sack 10 inflated the foot-piece is swung up wardly and locked in araised position by moving it rearwardly until the extremity thereof passes underthe pin 28. The clamp carried by the foot-piece may then be caused to engage the sole of the shoe and the latter thereby held rigidly in position for being blackened or any analogous operation. Prior to' removing the shoe the pnematic sack 10 is deliated through the medium of the-manually operated valve 20 and the foot-piece 29 swung downwardly into aninoperative position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a base 'a foot form into cooperative relation to the foot form.

2. The combination of abase, a foot form carried by the base, a swinging l'oot plate carried by the base, means for locking the The rear end ofswinging foot plate in an operative position,

and a clamp mounteduponthe foot plate.

3. The conibination of a base, a foot form carried by the base, a pair of spaced flanges projecting from the base, and a swinging foot 'piece received between the'spaced flanges and adapted to cooperate with the foot form,

the said foot piece havingan interlocking ing from thebase, a member connecting the flanges, a swinging foot piece received between the flanges and having a pivotal and sliding connection therewith, thesaid foot piece beingv adapted to cooperate with the foot form and being held in an operative powhen moved to throw an end thereof in engagement with the member connecting the flanges.

5. The combination of a base, a foot form carried by thebase, spaced flanges'projecting from the base and provided with slots, a member connecting'the flanges, a swinging foot piece received between the flanges and provided with projections operating within the slots, the said foot piece being adapted to' be held in an operative position with re spect'to thefoot form when the projections are moved within the slots to throw an end "of the foot piece in engagement with the member connecting the flanges. I v

6. The combination of a base, a sleeve supports by the base, a pneumatic sack carried by the sleeve, means carried by' the whenmoved to.v throw an end thereof into en H gagement with the before mentioned stop. the

8. A foot form comprising a sleeve,

pneumatic sack applied to the sleeve, an air pump carried by the sleeve for inflating the pneumatic-sack, and a valve for deflating the said sack.

9. A foot form comprising a sleeve, a pneumatic sack applied to one end eithe sleeve, acap applied to the opposite end of the sleeve, and a pump also applied to the opposite end of the sleeve and held in posi tion by the cap, the said'pump serving to in flate the pneumatic sack.

1.0. A foot form'comprising a sleeve, a

sition with respect to the said foot formizo pneumatic sack applied to one end of the sleeve, a pump fitting within, the opposite end of the sleeve and carrying an annular rib engaging the extremity of the same, a washer interposed between the annular rib and sleeve, and a cap engaging the sleeve and also engaging the rib to hold'the pump in position. v

111. A l'oot form comprising a sleeve, a pneumatic saek applied to the sleeve, means carried by the sleeve for inflating the pneumatie sack; a valve mounted upon the sleeve for deflating the pneumatic sack, and a slide mounted upon the sleeve for operating the valve.

12. A foot form comprising a base plate provided with a pair of spaced ears and also with a third ear, asplit ring, 'a pair of arms projecting from the split ring and having a hooked engagement with the before mentioned pair of ears, a third arm projectingfrom the split ring anddetachably engaging the third ear, and a foot form carried by the split ring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 5 in presence of two Witnesses.

CHRISTIAN A. FISCHER. Vi tn esses H. BENDEKE, GINA BESTUEL. 

